The It Girl
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4.0 • 3.1K Ratings
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Publisher Description
“The pages turn themselves” (People) in this white-knuckled mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend’s murder from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware.
April Clarke-Cliveden was the first person Hannah Jones met at Oxford.
Vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl, she quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the year, April was dead.
Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide…including a murder.
“The Agatha Christie of our generation” (David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author) presents a “deliciously dark and utterly addictive” (Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author) mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Turn of the Key, has become a bit of a mystery superstar. In this gripping read, a young woman’s dream of studying at Oxford turns into a nightmare. Hannah can’t believe her luck when campus it girl April becomes her roommate, taking her under her wing and introducing her to a new clique of the university’s most flamboyant and elite students—including the handsome and charming Will. But that all comes to an end when April’s murder shatters the friends’ insular bond. And things get even worse a decade later, when new evidence suggests that Hannah’s testimony may have helped convict an innocent man. As Hannah searches for the truth, each shocking twist had us more on edge. The It Girl is a thriller that puts a dark spin on posh university life.
Customer Reviews
Page Turning
This book is well written. It has great flow and feels friendly, kind of familiar and despite being a story about a murder actually not too heavy and dark. The writer keeps you guessing to the end which is fun.
Ehh
Hmm, it was okay. I found Hannah and April to be annoying characters in their own ways.
Be Patient
If you can get through the painfully slow beginning, the end is worth it. Not my favorite Ruth Ware novel, but the end surprised me (in a good way) with more than one unexpected twist.